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Hey, if you need some assistance with that efficient programming, hit me up. I've been dying for something intellectual all summer.

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:28:15 -0400

Will do mate.

Back To The Drawing Board

horizongoldgaming — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:15:42 -0400

Well, I’m back all of you beautiful people.

After many months of running this computer I received from my school, the hard drive crashed the other day, I ordered a little 80GB one. I am now running off the 80GB hard drive until I get enough money to just get a custom build computer.

Upside to the new hard drive is, I don’t have to buy a new one when I order the parts for my custom build. I will be able to use this one until I get enough money saved up again to order a 4TB hard drive.

Why so much space? To allow me to be able to download new MMO’s and test out the graphics and look at their HUDs to get an idea for how I am going to develop The Void’s HUD. I’m sticking with the 2D feel for The Void, I will probably add in a few 2.5D maps in houses in different towns.

THAT IS STILL BEING DECIDED!

I’m not sure if BYOND Script allows for 2.5D maps or not, I will be testing it out sometime in the near future hopefully.

The Void is being developed in ByondScript just for the Beta release. When the full release is done it will be developed in C/++ with Lua & Perl.

The only downside to the hard drive failure is I lost all of my backups of the program and the code. So everything is going to be re-written and allowed for more efficient code to be developed.

Thanks for your time,

Blake Ridgway
Lead Developer

Woohoo!

horizongoldgaming — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:27:00 -0400

Newish computer up and running!

Update On The Void

horizongoldgaming — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:56:13 -0400

    Recently I have not had a desktop computer to do work on the game so it’s all on the respo’s for the netbook until I can get enough money to get a new desktop computer.

    Before all my computer troubles started up I implemented the chat system and added a few simple ‘commands’ to allow the users to be more interactive with each other; I will begin work on the character bases sometime soon. I need to get a computer to be able to run some graphics art programs, such as GIMP, CS3, CS4, or CS5. Sadly, my little netbook barely runs GIMP; why Acer put Windows 7 on a computer with only 1GB of RAM and a Intel Atom 1.60GHz processor is beyond me. I may try to install XUbuntu or another distro of Linux Ubuntu to get the art work started.

    I lost a bare minimum of 6-10 lines of coding that I have replaced and the lines are functional and working like they should be. I plan to implement the combat system in sometime this week, along with working HP and MP bars and spells.

    I do apologize for the lack of posts about the game, but I have been super busy with real life and I haven’t had time to do much work on it, or let alone do any posts on here about the progress. I have one week of school left and it’s pretty much cram week at my trade school I go to school. I have completed a chapter every day just to try to fit

all the material we didn’t cover during the school year into the last couple of weeks during school, I have a final exam for Computer Repair and Troubleshooting II and CCNA II next week on Monday. I am hoping to finish both classes and the final exams by the end of this week, I took both today and tomorrow off to get notes and labs done for the two classes and have the exams done by Friday!

Other Things Besides The Void

    I have started playing RuneScape again, I have also went back into the music scene doing vocals and screams. I enjoy doing it whenever I can. It’s a joy, I don’t care what risks it means I take but I do what I enjoy.

    I finally got a job, I am now an employee at Godfather’s Pizza in Enid, Oklahoma. I do anything around the kitchen from goldening pans to making pizzas. I’m going to try to get every Monday and Saturday off to work on The Void. I am as of right now just working shifts that can go any from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. it all depends on how many orders we get that day. Some days I can be gone by 6, others I won’t get out until 9. Depends on how busy we get. I work Sunday mornings 11-3, buffet…oh what a horrid nightmare. Trying to prep all the pans and goldens while making pizzas is a pain. Oh well, I’ll get used to it. I finished my first week of work Yesterday (Sunday, May 13, 2012), I get along with all the workers there so hopefully it won’t be too bad…

Thank For Your Time

Blake “Volspor” Ridgway

Still Progessing?

horizongoldgaming — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:52:08 -0400

Yes I am still working on The Void

I recently started working at Godfathers Pizza, have been working 5-8 then after I finish there I come home and do homework. Trying to stay ahead of my classes and finish school early, I haven’t been doing a lot of the game development side of the project but more of the website development, more to come ;)

I love you all thanks for the support!

The Void is not DEAD!

Blake ‘Volspor’ Ridgway

Update on the website (Another one)

horizongoldgaming — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:18:00 -0400

The website will now be written in PHP, as well as being compatible with HTML5.

Progress on the Website

horizongoldgaming — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:49:15 -0400

The website had to be trashed and re-done. I didn’t like the way the HTML was laid out, syntax was all screwed up.

How I tend to make the website.

Working Links
JavaScript Intro Logo
Forums Running PHPBB
HTML5 Compatible
Tables are correctly laid out
Photos are able to be hosted from other sources
Log-in info for members of the website

I know it’ll take a lot of time to do all of this that’s why the deadline for the website has been pushed back to a year. The VPS that will be hosting my web server has agreed to hold the port open for myself until the website is finished.

As for ‘The Void’, the game is still going to be written in ByondScript and later re-written in C/++ and Lua/C#.

It’ll be all solo work so there is no set date for the game release. I will keep everyone up to date.

Thanks for your time,

Blake ‘Volspor’ Ridgway.

No updates for a while, school work is getting immensely high.

horizongoldgaming — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:32:43 -0400

No updates for a while, school work is getting immensely high.

Making Progress!

horizongoldgaming — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:17:00 -0400

Not only has the game made some progress, all just place holder items until I get art done for the game…
So has the website! :)
I’m making headway!

Somethings About Myself

horizongoldgaming — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:06:44 -0400

Hey guys,
It’s Blake or Volspor, whatever you call me.

I think it’s time for a formal introduction. :)

My name is Blake Ridgway
I am a programmer.
I am in the beginning stages of writing games for BYOND.com.
I am a web developer.
I am somewhat a vocalist..
I am Seventeen years old.

I still go to high school, I also attend a trade school to get more teachings in Information Technology. I do not enjoy the genres of music that have rap or any form of rap in them, I do enjoy some country but not a lot. I am metal head. I listen to all different genres of metal, my current genre is Metalcore, such bands as: Of Mice and Men, Asking Alexandria, Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows, etc..

I know HTML, CSS, PHP, and ByondScript. I am in beginning stages of learning C/C++/C#, it’s a long process but I am going to press head strong into it.

My whole idea for ‘The Void’ is a complicated one that will be utilized in ByondScript and later re-written in C++ and scripted with Perl or Ruby.

I do plan to attend college, I am currently looking at UAH, also known as University of Alabama in Huntsville, it’s quite the ways from home as I live in Enid, Oklahoma. I plan to get a degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science, I will be living in Alabama for awhile to get my degree and graduate from UAH, then I will be on the move up to Kansas to start a game development company there, I know I have high hopes for my life but I will exceed the hopes.

I am Atheist, although my family has a strong belief in God. I do not see how one can waste their time away on a being that has never made any presence on earth. It just seems far stretch if you ask me.

I will be going now as for I have to finish the website for ‘The Void’ within a month or two…

Yay! Deadlines!

Thanks For Your Time,
Blake ‘Volspor’ Ridgway

"Not one, nor two people understand the feelings of others."

horizongoldgaming — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 03:34:01 -0400

“Not one, nor two people understand the feelings of others.”

How I Got The Idea Of 'The Void'

horizongoldgaming — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:30:42 -0400

My friend Maxx told me about a programming language called BYOND, I had to check it out, the following days I started having thoughts and ideas about a game that would allow players to interact with each other and level up certain skills, i.e. RuneScape, Tibia. I started to think about how the world would be laid out in front of me during 1st period one day. The idea of there being a void in space came to mind, I sat there thinking about how much games have evolved leaving behind the old time games. Than I began thinking what if I was to make a game that showed someone how the void of life started. It was an awesome idea. I want to cooperate some friends with this project, but then again the chances of them leaving is a strong one. I will be working with my cousin on the game if he agrees to work along side me. Only time will tell.

Thanks For Your Time,
Blake ‘Volspor’ Ridgway

Website Makes Head Way!

horizongoldgaming — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:03:00 -0400

Hello,

The Void’s website is under going a lot of heavy work, I have been doing a lot of work on the index page and the about page, I will need a few more weeks to get everything up and going. I will be trying to find a cheap web server I can host the website with. In a few weeks or so I will begin the work on the game working on the basic storyline and running it by with a friend who would like to help with the game, I hope this will lead to a Computer Science degree from UAH. Having background in Computer Science and Game Development will help me out when I move to Alabama in the up coming years after I graduate from high school.

Thanks for your time,
Blake ‘Volspor’ Ridgway

The Beginning of 'The Void'

horizongoldgaming — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:38:56 -0400

Hello,

This is my page for my computer networking/gaming program I will be working. The website will be written and PHP and the game will be written in BYOND. Both items will be called ‘The Void’. I am a single worker on this project. I will be hiring or recruiting more people to follow me in this project I will be working on. I will be looking for anyone who has pixel artwork, *i.e. Bodies, objects, avatars, turf(grass, water, sand).

My set-up is a Acer Aspire netbook running Windows 7 starter as well as a HP Compaq desktop running Kubuntu 10.04 LTS.

Computer Specs:
Acer Aspire netbook

CPU: Intel Atom 1.60 GHz
RAM: 1GB
Hard Drive: 160GB
Video Card: Standard

HP Compaq

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
RAM: 2.5GB
Hard Drive: 120GB
Secondary Drive: 40GB
Video Card: Intel Extreme

Thanks for you time,
Blake ‘Volspor’ Ridgway